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Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has released an official statement regarding the hacking incident that took place during last weekend's Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) North American regional finals competition."Game and player security are our highest priorities, which is why we paused the competition to address the issue immediately," the developer said via a statement posted on Twitter. The North American regional finals were immediately postponed in the wake of the security breach,…

Apex Legends has had what might be its biggest hacking incident yet. During the Apex Legends Global Series tournament this weekend, a number of pros were given tools like wallhack and aimbot mid-match by hackers, prompting the tournament to halt any further play. Hackers give pro Apex Legends players cheats A few pro Apex Legends players were afraid to continue playing during their ALGS event recently due to these hackers. This wasn’t a case of pros intentionally using hacks, though; instead, a third-party source looks…

Respawn, the EA-owned studio behind Apex Legends has postponed the North American Finals tournament after hackers broke into matches and equipped players with cheats. The developer posted to X, formerly Twitter, that the delay has been caused due to the "competitive integrity of the series being compromised." Footage of the hacks, available available on Twitch, gave players the ability to see their opponent's location while notable player ImperialHal was handed an aimbot which artificially improves their aim while…

Titanfall developer Respawn is working on a new game in the Titanfall universe, but it's not Titanfall 3, according to a new report.Jeff Grubb of GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb said Titanfall game director Steve Fukuda is leading a team working on a new game in that universe. "But everyone I talk to keeps saying, well it's not, don't get in your mind that it's Titanfall 3, like a game with online multiplayer and a single-player campaign," Grubb said, as reported by VGC.Grubb went on to say that this…

Amid the Electronic Art layoffs, Respawn has announced the cancellation of their Star Wars first-person-shooter. The decision comes from the company’s examination of the player community, and their interests apparently lying more in Jedi and Respawn’s brands. According to EA president Laura Miele, Respawn’s primary focus will now be new projects based on “owned brands,” while providing ongoing support for existing games. “It’s always hard to walk away from a project, and this decision is not a reflection of the team’s…

Actor Cameron Monaghan casually confirmed that a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is in development. During the Ocala Comic Con event, the voice and motion capture artist behind the protagonist Cal Kestis said, “We're working on the third. We're in the process of doing it right now.” The news comes as a surprise, considering the series director Stig Asmussen, who rebuilt and instilled faith in single-player Star Wars games, recently left EA/ Respawn Entertainment. However, he always expressed interest in furthering and…

For a long time, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds--more often just called PUBG, but oddly now redundantly named PUBG: Battlegrounds--drew a clear line in the sand between itself and the other big games in the genre it helped birth. Warzone introduced its second-chance system, the Gulag, Apex Legends has always starred hero characters with unique abilities, and Fortnite, well, you know Fortnite--it's the one with lightsabers and web-slinging.For a long time, PUBG stayed true to itself as a gritty,…

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was released on April 28 across PC and current-gen consoles, with the former version getting bombarded with negative reviews on Steam on launch day. The reviews on Steam focus on the game's poor performance on PC, causing choppy framerates even during less-populated interior segments (Gadgets 360 can confirm performance issues on PC). While the day-one patch made things like cutscenes smoother, as per several players, Jedi Survivor was still unable to maintain a consistent 60 fps, even on the…

The Jedi team acknowledges that the PC port has some problems Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have issued a statement, acknowledging issues PC players have been having with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The Jedi team is committing to working on fixes it believes will help. Users have reported both installation woes, like the file size of Survivor expanding to eat up a lot of space, to performance issues once they’re in the game. Reviews on Steam are largely negative, with users reporting hefty issues with trying…

Vince Zampella, the CEO of Respawn, has claimed he “would love” for the studio to make Titanfall 3, a long-requested follow-up to the studio’s sci-fi shooter series. Though Respawn’s ongoing battle royale shooter Apex Legends is set in the same universe as Titanfall, the studio hasn’t touched the latter series since Titanfall 2 launched in 2016. Speaking to Barron’s (via PC Gamer), Respawn head Vince Zampella touched on the possibility of Titanfall 3. While he confirmed the studio has “no exact dedicated plans” and isn’t…